My Song

I’m happy to tell you that I finally have a new song for you to listen to, it’s called “My Song” : )

You can listen to the song here…

Click here to download it for free!

From my journal in 2004…

“Xris and I were driving across Okracoke island (a small island on the outer banks of North Carolina) trying to catch the 9pm ferry to Hatteras island where our motel was. I looked over at Xris and said what has now become one of our favorite quotes of all time… “Well, worse case scenario, we will write one song.” Sure enough we missed the ferry and now you get to enjoy the one song, My Song.”

November 2012…

I finally got around to recording “My Song”! It’s the first song I’ve worked on since 2008. With this track I can now officially say “Welcome back Melodic Warrior, nice to see you again my old friend”. It’s been several years since I felt the creative spirit channel through me as it did in this piece. The lyric content is prophetic, its the perfect song to be working on as I enter back into the world of music. “…now I’m moving on because now I found my song…”

You can download the song here for free. Please share it with all your friends!

Share your thoughts here in my blog or if you wish you can drop me a line at niko@niko.fm

I really liked this song. Remind me the old (new) Niko. The man that was melodic warrior, the man that believed in something different for the world , the man that had done the advertisement “Joy”, the man who created music, like “Love”… I am so happy and very proud for you. Keep walking…

Very lovely, my friend…………..I can sense the release and freedom in your spirit. Love the way God works, he placed you on my heart this morning before and during my drive to work. A true gift, let us claim our joy! I can relate in finding my song, my joy, my light-the presence of love that has been there all along…………………………Truth speaks to me, the words of the Almighty speak Truth, Love, Light and those who choose to walk the path follow Truth…………….and those that do not choose to live in the darkness and hide behind lies.

Niko i just came home of my school in Dortmund. I heard your new song when i got up in the morning. I really like it very much!! I was hearing the song on my way to school. I have heard it many times. I like very much the lyrics and the beautiful melodie. I am very happy for you that you do things that makes you happy and you are back in music. Many kisses!

I missed your voice, a voice full of feelings!
so,about your songs, I have been listening your song for 20 min now.
I like the way you change your voice and i love the new sound!
1:14 you change the song and its fantastic!
I need to read the lyrics so I can feel it better.
bravo Niko mou!

OK, Let me just be frank. Your song SUCKS!!!! Too much Techno attributed to the lyrics. you need to tone it WAY down. Retweek the song better or maybe altogether go completely acoustic. Good lyrics; bad music. All I’m saying is I’ve heard better is all. Sorry!

If it was all acoustic then it would sound like countless other songs out there, the electronic elements gives this piece a nice shift. Also the other reason I chose to include electronic elements is because the song is about finding “my song” and the truth is that I very much love music with electronic elements (both for listening and for composing) and I plan to release much more music in this direction. I understand it’s not your cup of tea, not all art will be beautiful to all people. Thank you for checking it out though, that’s how we find new things that we enjoy. When I go to the grocery store, I will often times pick up one item I have never tried before, most of the time it’s a disaster but sometimes it turns out to be a new favorite. ~ Niko @ Ashley Bowen

I see a deep evolution to introspection perhaps, to a new psicodelia with the more genuine rock influence. It remains Genesis, Led Zeppelin… 60s movements on contemporary form. Disagree with denara from cairo, I think your music has evoluted a lot from melodic and technical points of view.

Thank you for your thoughts Esther. Good observations. : ) I too feel like my music has evolved much. One thing I love about this song is that it has elements of surprise, as the song moves so does the emotion… and I really love the electronic synth bridge because it seemingly comes out of nowhere and is not predictable. And I very much like the way the song ends on a gentle yet confident note.

It does sound alot like Pink Floyd at the beginning and seems to change a fair bit during the song but I like it, lots of potential.

You have had a very long journey these past few years my friend, as have I. Projects come and go just like people and although many projects and relationships might fail; one thing I have learned all these years is that the actual journey itself is far more important than the arrival.

Hi Niko, This is Margo from Nashville. I’ve missed you! Always love your music. This new one is very special and it touches my heart, just like all of your songs, in a very special way. I also love the new additions (synthesizer and more falsetto). Excellent!! Keep it coming, Niko, and thank you so much for the gifts you give to all of us (“love is like water”). 🙂

Hi Niko really great song and good story covering it.
Sometimes we forget great things come from small beginnings.
Also I have a new email address; it is arehte@gmail.com it is on my new notebook and I can access this in most places now

Niko, so glad to see your writing and singing again. I have missed your emails and posts and especially your music. Love “My Song” so simple and very expressive. Welcome back! Look forward to seeing more of this Niko.

It’s been a long long time since i listened to your songs last time, maybe in 2006 when i was a freshman in the college. I even don’t remember how i run into your website. But when i received your email with your new song, i was really thrilled to recall the days when i listened to your songs. Time flies by, we’ve gone through a lot, different experiences though, but i guess both on the way of self enlightenment…

I love your song here aswell ,excellent voice ,so very pleased to remeet you again ,as I told you I miss our good old days via Myspace ,where we all where near eachother every day to get in touch one another .

The other website above in your empty field is another of my Vimeo pages with my Egypt movie I made nov. 2012,maybe in a little pause you like to see and hear ,the backgrown music is from a good old friend of mine for very many years ,who often travels to India aswell.

Wow really cool Niko , I had to come back for leave another comment ,as I spend now a lovely saturday afternoon to hear all you amazing beautiful songs,really honest I love them all .So well and fine ………..